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National Forests Contribute to Alaska's 2013 Record Salmon Harvest

April 03, 2014 Teresa Haugh, U.S. Forest Service, Alaska

Alaska’s Chugach and Tongass national forests are sometimes referred to as salmon forests, producing all five species of wild Pacific salmon: king, coho, sockeye, pink, and chum. Salmon is vital to Alaska’s economy, and last year’s statewide commercial salmon harvest is being noted as a banner year...

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They're Back! Web Cam Catches Sockeye Salmon Returning to Tongass Spawning Grounds

July 24, 2013 Kathryn Sosbe, Office of Communication, U.S. Forest Service

Through the end of August, you will get the chance to be entertained as sockeye salmon swim along Alaska’s Steep Creek as the adults spawn before swimming to their final deaths. The Forest Service has placed the salmon cam in the creek on the Tongass National Forest so viewers world-wide have the...

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